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Pc Harper’s Killers to Be Excluded From Early Release Scheme – Reports
The change would bar certain unlawful-act manslaughter convictions from release after 40% of a sentence, keeping Andrew Harper’s killers in prison.
- According to reports, the government plans to exclude Pc Andrew Harper's killers from the early release scheme, meaning Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole will remain imprisoned under new secondary legislation.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham previously pledged to do "everything possible" to keep the pair incarcerated, as the 2026 Sentencing Act had expanded early release eligibility by lowering the threshold to a third.
- In 2019, Bowers and Cole were passengers in the vehicle that dragged Harper to his death in Sulhamstead, Berkshire. Under the scheme's current rules, they were scheduled for release next year, halfway through their 13-year sentences.
- Justice Secretary Alex Norris will introduce secondary legislation to amend the Sentencing Act to maximize public safety, following instructions from Burnham to minimize early release of prisoners.
- Wheatley, president of the Prison Governors Association, warned that rolling back early release risks leaving overcrowded UK prisons at breaking point, noting nearly 2,300 inmates are currently trapped indefinitely under Imprisonment for Public Protection terms.
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Huge U-turn as PC Andrew Harper’s killers will not be released early from jail
Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were jailed over the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper and Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would do "everything possible" to ensure the pair were not released early
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Left, 36% Center
Bias Distribution
- 37% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
37% Left
L 37%
C 36%
R 27%
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